Join our next webinar of the series: Trade and Nature: Trade-offs and Solutions

Briefing: WTO initiatives on environment & sustainable development: windows of opportunity for biodiversity  

When: 17 March 2022, 12:00 – 13:00 CMT

Register here: https://bit.ly/OpportunitiesForBiodiversity

This webinar provides an update on the state of play on environment-related discussions at the WTO, including new initiatives on environment and sustainable development. It focuses on exploring the opportunities these discussions and initiatives can offer in the intersection of trade, SDGs and the global biodiversity agenda.

Confirmed speakers:

• Carolyn Deere Birkbeck, Director, Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS)
• Beatriz Fernandez, Associate Programme Management Officer, UNEP Environment & Trade Hub
• Sophia Murphy, Executive Director, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
• Lorena Jeramillo Castro, BioTrade Initiative, UNCTAD
• Ana Patrícia Bqtalhone, Associate Programme Officer, Trade and Environment Programme, International Trade Centre (ITC)
• Lisen Runsten, Senior Project Manager, GCRF TRADE Hub (UNEP-WCMC)

Moderated by: Marianne Kettunen, Senior Policy Advisor and Head of Partnerships, Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS)

Join our monthly webinar series 'Trade and Nature: Trade-offs and Solutions'  by the GCFR Trade, Development and the Environment Hub. The GCRF TRADE Hub (launched in 2019) has already produced several impactful publications and reports. Our researchers are exploring frontiers of transformative change within the trade-environment-development nexus, and there are novel insights and empirical evidence being developed within the Hub that merit sharing. 

PAST EVENTS:

• 23 November 2021 | 'Trade, Biodiversity and Climate Change' (Resource: Biodiversity and International Trade Policy Primer)
• 19 October 2021 | 'Science-based decision-making: Metrics and tools from the TRADE Hub'  (Mentioning launch Commodity Footprints site).
• 20 September 2021 | 'Biodiversity and International Trade Policy: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges’
• 12 September 2019 | UKRI GCRF Trade, Development, and the Environment Hub: Geneva-based launch  

More information? You can follow the GCRF TRADE Hub project on Twitter, visit our website, follow us on LinkedIn, and subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube channel for future updates.